Boosting UK infrastructure resilience against climate change
Eight projects share £1.4 million to develop the UK's infrastructure resilience against severe weather events such as extreme floods caused by climate change.
Updated: Tue Aug 29 2023
Guest blog: How to overcome digital engineering challenges
Simon Pickersgill, UK Managing Director at Qualitest, shares his thoughts on digital engineering.
Updated: Tue Aug 29 2023
What makes a great Head of IT in 2023?
Blog posted by: Sophie Hussey - Director, Lapis Consulting Services, August 2023.
Updated: Tue Aug 29 2023
Government releases SME Spend Data for 2021/22
Government has a target of spending £1 in every £3 (33%) of its procurement budget with SMEs and is taking a range of measures to try to achieve this.
Updated: Fri Aug 25 2023
Service Management and ITIL: When IT and Digital are the organization
Blog posted by: David Barrow -Enterprise Service Management Consultant, 24 August 2023.
Updated: Fri Aug 25 2023
Call for submissions: Digital Twin Campaign Week 2 6 October 2023 #DigitalTwin23
This Campaign Week will be focusing on Digital Twin growth opportunities. Showcasing the market dynamics and major factors such as drivers, restraints, opportunities, and trends influencing the global market.
Updated: Thu Aug 24 2023
Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms CBAM transitional phase What does it mean for the UK Tech Sector?
Between 1 October 2023 to 2025, the European Union's (EU) policy mechanism addressing trading goods' over-estimated carbon emissions will initiate its transitional phase, during which time quarterly emissions reporting will be required - meaning businesses will need to follow new compliance and reporting requirements, getting ready for reporting measures which will incur cost implications and operational changes
Updated: Thu Aug 24 2023
IEA - Dont outlaw gender critical views, says new paper
Trans activists' demands to shutdown dissent is a major threat to free speech.
Updated: Thu Aug 24 2023
IPPR - Home Office approach to asylum backlog could push people underground, says IPPR
Today's quarterly immigration statistics from the Home Office reveal that the number of people in the asylum backlog at the end of June 2023 increased to just over 175,000. While the government has reduced the number of cases in the legacy backlog, this has been offset by new cases entering the asylum system.
Updated: Thu Aug 24 2023
IPPR - UK heading for new and growing perma-backlog of asylum-seekers by next election, report warns
The UK's asylum system crisis is likely to be significantly worse by the next general election, with any incoming government facing high risk of a “perma-backlog” of thousands of new asylum-seekers needing long-term accommodation and support, according to an assessment published this week.
Updated: Thu Aug 24 2023
JRF - Universal Credit falling so far short of the cost of essentials is putting the health of millions at risk say heal
Organisations representing hundreds of thousands of health and care professionals, and the millions who use their services, warn that so many people are routinely going without the essentials it poses a serious risk to the UK's health.
Updated: Thu Aug 24 2023
Ministry of Defence Request for Information: Commando Force Mission Partner Digital Battlespace
The MOD is looking for information from industry to gain an awareness of companies that can help scale and support an experimental defence network architecture through the concept known as a “Mission Partner”. The intent is to enable the scaling, delivery and support of digital services.
Updated: Thu Aug 24 2023
Demos - More than devolution alone is needed to join up local services
In recent years, devolution in England has become a cross-party political agenda. The government has concluded ‘trailblazer' devolution deals with the Greater Manchester and West Midlands Combined Authorities (WMCA), and new devolution deals in areas including York and North Yorkshire and the East Midlands.
Updated: Wed Aug 23 2023
Dstl leads the Armys largest ever force development war game
The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) has led the Army's largest ever force development war game and collaboration.
Updated: Wed Aug 23 2023
IEA - Lower borrowing leaves room for tax cuts
Julian Jessop, Economics Fellow at the free market think tank, the Institute of Economic Affairs, commented on July's public sector finance report
Updated: Wed Aug 23 2023
New public fund to invest in green manufacturing is vital to avoid UK falling behind USA and EU, warns IPPR
The UK is at risk of falling behind in the global race to achieve a net zero economy without strategic public investment in green manufacturing technologies, according to a new report by the IPPR think tank.
Updated: Wed Aug 23 2023
New techUK Local Public Services Committee 2023 announced
techUK is delighted to announce the members of the Local Public Services Committee for the September 2023 to July 2025 tenure.
Updated: Wed Aug 23 2023
Learning from artificial intelligence with gaming
Dstl took part in a recent 2-day workshop run by the Machine Speed Command and Control (MSC2) project on artificial intelligence (AI).
Updated: Fri Aug 18 2023
Opportunity: Home Office National Policing Capabilities Unit - Threats and Opportunities of AI for Policing
techUK is working closely with the Home Office National Policing Capabilities Unit (NPCU) to carry out a scoping exercise with industry around advances in AI, what they mean for public safety, what capabilities might be needed to respond to AI-enabled criminality and what opportunities these advances provide Policing.
Updated: Fri Aug 18 2023
techUK National Security Committee Strategic Priorities 2023
Governed by the National Security Committee, the mission of techUK's National Security programme is to advocate for and provide better collaboration between industry and the National Security community to create an environment for meaningful transformation across the sector.
Updated: Fri Aug 18 2023
Government publishes National Cyber Strategy Annual Progress Report
Progress being made in all 5 action areas of the strategy, but there's still much to be done.
Updated: Thu Aug 17 2023
IFS - How much public spending does each area receive? Local authority level estimates of health, police, school and loc
How much funding does each area of England receive for key public services, and is this funding allocated in line with patterns of needs?
Updated: Wed Aug 16 2023
Inflation remaining high brings little respite to families already making sacrifices on essentials
JRF Chief Economist Alfie Stirling responds to the latest inflation figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) today
Updated: Wed Aug 16 2023
IPPR - Inflation down but recession risk now high, IPPR warns
IPPR has responded to today's figures on CPI inflation for July.
Updated: Wed Aug 16 2023
The Kings Fund responds to 250 million for beds ahead of winter
Siva Anandaciva, Chief Analyst at The King's Fund RespondS to an announcement from the Department of Health and Social Care that £250 million of government funding is being allocated to NHS hospitals to increase capacity
Updated: Wed Aug 16 2023